Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| My car / breaks down / several times a year |
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| to the hairdresser's / go / once a month / usually / I |
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| ? / Kevin / Does / always / win |
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| You / can / your car keys / find / never |
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| I / what to say / know / never |
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| at home? / usually / you / Do / have lunch |
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| is / late / often / John |
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| come / very often / to help me / My parents |
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| every other day. / need / I travel a lot. I / some petrol |
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| usually / need / some help with the homework / They |
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| often / feel tired? / you / Do |
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| in the mornings. / very tired / usually / Something is the matter with me. I / am |
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| go / to the dentist / I / usually / once a year |
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| We / soup / every other day / have |
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| dress / I / always / Can / in green? |
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| have to go / shopping / I / day in, day out |
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| very often / dresses / in blue / She |
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| Do / go / every day / you / to the gym / ? |
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| My parents / go on holiday / almost never |
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| often / Mike / eats / pizza / for dinner |
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| always / I / get up / at 8 a.m. |
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| How / you / do / go / often / to the disco? |
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| Tom / rarely / help you / will / if you need it |
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| to the gym / three times a week / I / go |
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| She / always / asking me questions / is |
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| They / can / listen / never |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| when you talk to her / listens / She / rarely |
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| five times / saw / it / I |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| me / twice / she / phoned / Yesterday, |
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| I / oranges / hardly ever / eat |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
